Docker Container Creation Guide

To create and start a Docker container, you can use the following command:

docker run [OPTIONS] IMAGE [COMMAND] [ARG...]

docker run is the command used to create and run a new container. IMAGE specifies the image to use, COMMAND is the command to execute within the container, and ARG is the argument provided to the command. Various options can be added to customize the behavior of the container, such as mounting data volumes and mapping ports.

For instance, to create a container named mycontainer using the ubuntu:latest image and run a bash shell within the container, you can use the following command:

docker run -it --name mycontainer ubuntu:latest bash

This will create a container named mycontainer and start an interactive bash shell within it.